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Ie7 Suddenly Stopped Accessing Internet

Hello, first-timer here. I'm running Windows XP Home with AOL 9.0 and IE7. I use a dial-up modem and I am not part of any network. IE7 has been up and running for several months with no problem. A couple of days ago, all of a sudden, and after I had made NO changes to the system or changed any settings, IE7 began having trouble accessing the Internet. When you bring up the IE7 panel, it says 'Internet Explorer cannot display the web page'. Sometimes, however, it would start to work again for awhile after I rebooted, but then fail again shortly. At the suggestion of users on another help forum I ran an anti-malware/spyware program (SpywareDoctor). It found some infections and cleaned them up (after I purchased the product), but the problem still persists. Another suggestion I tried was to install Mozilla Firefox as a browser. That also doesn't work. It says 'the proxy server is refusing connections'. I also spent six hours last night with AOL Live Help. They gave me several procedures to try such as a browser fix and 'one-click fixes', but their procedures told me to click on non-existent options on menus that I was supposed to see.

As of now, the only way I can access the Internet is through the AOL Welcome page, which is a colossal pain.

At the suggestion of Frank on a Microsoft IE7 forum, I am including the following Hijack-this log:

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